Tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is the major pest of tomato crops in Pakistan. Insecticides are commonly used for the management of this insect-pest. To develop a better insecticide resistance management strategy and evaluate the risk of resistance evolution, a field collected population of the tomato pinworm...
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November 5, 2022 (v1)Journal articleUploaded on: November 25, 2023
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2018 (v1)Journal article
Organophosphate (OPs) insecticides are still widely used in pest control. The hydrolysis of OPs or oxons of organophosphorothionates by organophosphate hydrolases (OP-hydrolases) represents a major detoxification pathway of OPs. In this study, the response of insect OP-hydrolase activity to the allelochemical quercetin and the insecticide...
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September 2019 (v1)Journal article
Macrolophus basicornis (Stal) (Hemiptera: Miridae) is a promising biological control agent against tomato pests, mainly the South American tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Nevertheless, the amount of pesticides used in tomato crops could compromise the effectiveness of M. basicornis in pest control. Thus, the...
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September 2019 (v1)Journal article
The development of new strategies to control pest insects is required, in combination with conventional pesticides or replacing them. Essential oils produced from botanical extracts used in management programs should be effective against pests and selective to natural enemies. Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is one of the...
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October 16, 2019 (v1)Journal article
Modern food systems facilitate rapid dispersal of pests and pathogens through multiple pathways. The complexity of spread dynamics and data inadequacy make it challenging to model the phenomenon and also to prepare for emerging invasions. We present a generic framework to study the spatio-temporal spread of invasive species as a multi-scale...
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September 2019 (v1)Journal article
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November 2020 (v1)Journal article
Background Bemisia tabaci(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) represents one of the greatest threats to agricultural crops. Chemical control is the primary tool used in integrated pest management (IPM) programs. However, release of the predatorNesidiocoris tenuis(Hemiptera: Miridae) on tomato plants is a highly recommended control tactic. The objective of...
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